CONVENT, n. A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness.
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NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.Ambrose Bierce
MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.
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MONSIGNOR, n. A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.
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MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.
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PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.
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EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition.
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